Posted on 11/13/2015 5:39:52 PM PST by Rebelbase
[Update at 5:15 p.m., Friday, Nov. 13: After this article was first posted, several sources confirmed that all Eagles of Death Metal band members are safe and unharmed. One of those sources, drummer Julian Dorio’s wife Emily, told the Washington Post that Dorio called to let her know that “everyone on stage was able to get off.” See the end of the article for further updates.]
As we reported earlier, one of the targets of today's terrorist attacks in Paris was Le Bataclan, a concert venue where Palm Desert-based band Eagles of Death Metal had just performed. At first, it was unclear whether any members of the band were among the 100-plus hostages taken at the theater by a group of six to eight attackers. But according to various sources since, at least some of the band members were already outside the theater when the attack began, although not all band members or crew have been accounted for.
An update posted around 3:45 p.m. Pacific time on Eagles of Death Metal's Facebook page reads: “We are still currently trying to determine the safety and whereabouts of all our band and crew. Our thoughts are with all of the people involved in this tragic situation.”
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Brooklyn Vegan reports that the French band Red Lemons posted a Facebook update confirming that EODM frontman Jesse Hughes, his partner, Tuesday Cross, and other band members had already finished playing and were outside La Bataclan when the attack began. “They're safe too, they took a cab,” read the post. The Washington Post reports that the mother of EODM’s drummer, Julian Dorio, also confirmed that her son was safe, although she noted that some of the band's crew members were unaccounted for.
Queens of the Stone Age's Joshua Homme, who appears on Eagles of Death Metal's studio albums, was not with the band in Paris, Consequence of Sound confirms.
The website MySanAntonio.com quotes Jimmy Ford from the band Dinola as saying the EODM guitarist Dave Catching and at least one other band member were still inside and “hiding in the building somewhere” when the attack began, but no other outlets have confirmed this information.
According to various reports, as many as 15 of the hostages inside the theater have been killed.
We will have more on this story as it develops.
[Update at 4:29 p.m., Friday, Nov. 13: Associated Press is reporting that there may be as many as 100 dead at Le Bataclan Theater. Police have stormed the theater and killed at least of the attackers.]
[Update at 4:45 p.m.: According to L.A. Weekly writer Lina Lecaro, Eagles of Death Metal guitarist Eden Galindo has confirmed that all band members are safe and accounted for. It is still not clear whether all crew members are safe. Local musician and friend of the band Dan Cleary has also stated via Twitter than all EODM members are safe.]
[Update at 4:58 p.m.: According an ABC News report, Eagles of Death Metal were mid-set when gunfire broke out at Le Bataclan. The band “hit the deck,” according a man identified as Julian Dorio’s brother Michael.]
Thank you God. Glad they made it out safely. A miracle amongst all that carnage.
I’m trying really hard to care. Any one of the actual victims is probably worth more than the entire band.
Thanks. So this was a Rock concert. I’ve been picturing a Classical Music concert.
2 of their crew still unaccounted for however. Maybe the sound guy or other crew.
I don’t think any life is worth more than another. It would have been wonderful if all in the hall had escaped but that fact that some did is cause for thanksgiving imo.
They aren’t all that metal as I know it.
Sorry to hear that, hope they made it too.
Your comment is utterly disgusting...
I read a little about that. The leader played his song for a friend and said, “It’s death metal!” His friend thought that was ridiculous and said, “Yeah, it’s the Eagles of death metal!” And the name stuck.
That's a horrible thing to say. Who are you to judge the value of anyone's life? Wow!
While I am glad for them, I find it a bit disconcerting that people like this seem to glibly celebrate the maccabre with such names and more often than not, lyrics of less than uplifting nature. It is truly ironic.
>> “It’s death metal!â€
Apparently so.
Why, because these Americans reportedly survived a close call in a European terrorist attack?
That's a pretty damn odd response ya got there arhilles2000.
Mirror required for your post, look in it
Praise God for answering our prayers...
I disagree. Stalin’s, Hitler’s, Pol Pot’s, and Mao’s lives were worth less than the life of the average wino. If I had the ability to save Beethoven or Jeffrey Dahmer, the choice would be easy. The members of a band called “Death Metal” or “Metal of Death” or whatever the hell it was were undoubtedly promoting nihilism and cultural degradation. It doesn’t deserve death, but any rational, decent person, given the choice, would prefer that some of the ordinary mothers and fathers had made it out instead.
Of course, I would have preferred that all the Muslim terrorists would have been killed and no one else. But that reflects my view that NOT all lives matter, and some lives don’t matter very much.
“Other than that Mrs. Lincoln... how was the concert?”
Well, glad they- whoever they are- got out.
Suggest that the band changes their name now.
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